Operational Excellence Engineer in Bremervörde

Location: Remote in Germany
Travel: ~75% across 13 German sites

JOB PURPOSE

As an Operations Excellence Engineer, you will play a central role in deploying and embedding a new group manufacturing system across Amcor's Rigid Packaging division, supporting alarge-scale Lean transformation at group level.

The position sits within the Rigid Division of Amcor and reports to the Rigid Quality & CI Director. You will work in close partnership with plant leadership teams, department managers, and shopfloor teams across multiple European countries, acting as ahands‑on coach and structured change agent.

This role offers a rare opportunity to drive a large‑scale Lean transformation across a complex, German manufacturing network, working at the intersection of strategy and shopfloor execution. You will influence how 13 plants operate every day, collaborate with diverse leadership teams across countries and cultures, and play a decisive role in rolling out a common manufacturing system that will shape operational standardsacross the Rigid Packaging division.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deploy the new group manufacturing system (Level 2) across 13 sites:
  • Lead preparation, deployment, and stabilization activities across the plants
  • Ensure consistency and sustainability of the new manufacturing system practices across plants.
• Train and coach teams at all levels of the organization:
  • Teach Lean and manufacturing system tools to plant leadership, department managers, and shopfloor teams,
  • Act as a hands‑on coach to reinforce structured problem‑solving, standard work, and daily management routines.
• Drive change and adoption of continuous improvement ways of working:
  • Support sites with low CI maturity and guide teams through behavioral and operational change,
  • Address resistance to change through structured engagement and pragmatic change management.
• Enable alignment and knowledge sharing across the plant network:
  • Capture and share best practices, lessons learned, and standards across sites,
  • Provide clear progress updates to Quality, CI, and Operations stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering degree or equivalent operational experience,
• Strong hands‑on experience in Lean and Continuous Improvement:
  • Advanced knowledge of Lean tools and methodologies - Lean Six Sigma Black Belt experience strongly preferred,
  • Solid change management capability, including experience deploying CI tools in low‑maturity environments,
• Strong experience in amanufacturing site production environment, with a deep understanding of shopfloor operations,
• Fluency in Englishmandatory,
• Professional to fluentFrench or German strongly recommended,
• Proven ability toteach, coach, and influence teams from plant management to shopfloor level.

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.

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